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By Ian Sciacaluga

BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: First Time Director)

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By Kevin CorSan

BEST INDIE SHORT, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST CASTING DIRECTOR & BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER ‘25

The Snow Queen’s Bracelet

By Tatiana Edel

BEST ORIGINAL INDIE SCREENWRITER & BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

Doc vs Parkinson’s

By Brent Deal

BEST ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE, BEST DIRECTOR & BEST INDIE EDITING (Category: Documentary)

Silent Plan

By Ömer Yıldırım

BEST ARTHOUSE SHORT FILM, BEST FILMMAKER, BEST PRODUCER & BEST CAST (Category: Indie Narrative Short)

Hooe is nit a Black and White Rainbow

By Harold Brown

BEST ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE WRITING STYLE

Cataclysm Down Under – Hero

By Akal Demir

BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR & BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY

Louie KR.ONE Gasparro 5POINTZ

By Eirini Alligiannis

BEST INDIE FIRST TIME DIRECTOR & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING

The Little Match-Seller

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR, BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR & BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: Animation)

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT ’25 & BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITING SYLE

Nice To Meet You

By Noah Kara

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE SHORT FILM, BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR & BEST CASTING DIRECTOR

Missing in plain sight

By Gary St. Martin

BEST PILOT TV/TELEVISION SCRIPT ’25 & BEST ARTHOUSE WRITER

The Mirror Aprajanov

By Jérôme Amimer

BEST SHORT FILM ’25, BEST CAST, BEST INDIE DIRECTOR & BEST INDIE PRODUCTION COMPANY

Gipsy

By Anaya (AnayaMusic) Kunst 

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SONG, BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC VIDEO & BEST ORIGINAL VOICE ‘25

Sheldon Mashugana gets Stooged

By Dean Morgan

BEST AMERICAN ACTOR ’25, BEST COMEDY SCRIPT & BEST ARTHOUSE COMEDY

Ctabka

By Edward Bryson

BEST INTERNATIONAL THRILLER SHORT ‘25

Walking With God

By Lois M. Banks

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY, BEST INDIE FILMMAKER & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: ARTHOUSE NARRATIVE FEATURE)

Bagliori – Flashes of Light

By Mattia Paone

BEST EUROPEAN SHORT FILM & BEST EUOPEAN ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR

Omnipotent Resolution

By Uniqueness Heiress & Azia

BEST FILMMAKER (Category: MUSICAL), BEST COREAOGRAPHY, BEST HUMAN RIGHTS SONG WRITER & BEST INTERNATIONAL DANCE FILM

Is He Cheating?

By Bill Morton

BEST ARTHOUSE MOVIEMAKER ‘25

Noise

By R. Scott MacLeay

BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR, BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Asherah’s Colors

By Gary Mazeffa

BEST ORIGINAL SHORT FILM, BEST MOVIEMAKER, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST PRODUCER & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING  

Colombano e la 21esima Fetta

By Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti

BEST INDIE NARRATIVE FEATURE, BEST SCREENWRITER, BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: Film) & BEST EUROPEAN FILM 2025

Man in a Can

By Henk Pringels

BEST ANIMATED FILM, BEST FILMMAKER & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: Animation)

Ricerca

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST SINGER, BEST SONG WRITER & BEST MUSICIAN  

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST PICTURE ‘25, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST CAST, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Category: NARRATIVE FEATURE)

“Only You Can Save Her,” pilot teleplay of series THE BOY WHO EARNED HIS MAGIC

By Lynn Elliott

BEST TELEVISION SCRIPT OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERNATIONAL PILOT TV

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST SCREENWRITER (Category: Historical Script)

Am I a painter?/Czy jestem malarzem?

By Michał Kucharski

BEST ORIGINAL ANIMATED SHORT FILM, BEST FILMMAKER & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING

AMERICA BOXED IN

By Ian S. Williams & Casey Williams

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE, BEST CAMERA OPEATOR, BEST DIRECTOR & BEST INDIE PRODUCTION COMPANY (Category: Documentary)

Out of control

By Bellopropello

BEST INDIE ANIMATED SHORT FILM ’25, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST PRODUCER (Category: Animation)

The Jaguar and the Dragonfly

By Pamela PerryGoulardt

BEST SUPER SHORT FILM 2025, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST SCREENPLAY SUPER SHORT

The Arcangel Of Death

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTOR ’25, BEST EDITING & BEST POETRY SHORT FILM

A Love Story in Time

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ORIGINAL SONG & BEST INTERNATIONAL SOUND DESIGNER

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

BEST AMERICAN NARRATIVE SHORT FILM, BEST ORIGINAL ACTING, BEST SCREENWRITER & BEST ARTHOUSE PRODUCER

Behind the Algorithm

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT ‘25

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR, BEST EXPERIMENTAL CAMERA OPERATOR & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHER

Katabasis

By Samantha Casella

BEST ARTHOUSE PICTURE, BEST EUROPEAN ACTRESS, BEST EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER, BEST SCREENPLAY & BEST ARTHOUSE MOVIEMAKER

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER & BEST ACTING

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EUROPEAN EXPERIMENTAL FILM  

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST INDIE DIRECTOR & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST INSPIRATIONAL FILM & BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACTRESS

Thankful

By Earnest Diaz

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY, BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST ORIGINAL FIRST TIME DIRECTOR & BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT

Cassandra Venice

By Hugo Teugels

BEST ORIGINAL ARTHUSE DIRECTOR ‘25

A.G.U.A 8ABNEGADOS/GUERREROS/URBANOS/AVANTI) Water

By Patricia Noemi Menghi

BEST ORIGINAL INDIE ANIMATION ‘25

By Editorial Staff

It has been the most prolific year ever for independent filmmakers’ creativity: with over 30,000 new works added to our database, our Movement has achieved many milestones in 2025 — and even greater, more ambitious goals await us in 2026. One major victory for us is the presentation of the “Golden Anthology: The Year’s Best Authors” during the AFM in Los Angeles.

We are proud to have supported artists who had the courage and perseverance to express themselves through cinema outside the traditional industry, confirming that we are living in a golden age for those who want to create art without censorship.

Your cultural and social triumph is a victory for anyone who loves art as a form of free expression — and it is also a good omen for the future, since the most important chapters in the history of cinema were written by independent authors, and we believe it will be no different in the year to come.

Here is the Golden Anthology: The Year’s Best Authors:

High Screams – Matt Townsend

Ndazkoh – Tracey Cochrane

Ctabka – Edward Bryson

Silent Plan – Ömer Yıldırım

Unmaskyourlife – Bruno Marro

Stay With Me – Zsolt Pozsgai

Days Like These – Megan Rigoni

Antiquarius – Jacek Krawczyk

A Pilgrimage Into Tibet – Mark Gould

Hide – Ian Sciacaluga

Ragzi & The Danseuse – Kevin Irvine

The Flaming Cats of Sohan – Mark Hammond

Nossos Caminhos (Our Paths) – Carla Di Bonito

Plumeria and her lost Green Knit Mouse Doll – Lilith Ivy von Satis

Plumeria Aesthetics – Lilith Ivy von Satis

Plumeria has a Tea Party With Friends – Lilith Ivy von Satis

Tubs loves pats – Lilith Ivy von Satis

Tom and Luce – Muxel Paule

Mother, Mother – Micki Dickoff

Something ain’t right – Susan Downs

Wacko – Matthew Roch

Poo Pookudhu (From RAIL Movie) – S. J. Jananiy

Noise – R. Scott MacLeay

Hotel Purgatorio – Joey Agbayani

Potato Family – Lori Hamilton

TinMan – Kevin Tudor

Get out Breathing – Nathan Benham

Eyesolation – Damiano Rossi

Thinking – Valerie Knill

TOKYO STRANGE TALE / 僕を呼ぶ声 Boku wo Yobu Koe – Fumitaka Otoguro

Paco – Cresencio Medina

63Geminorum – Laura Calderini

AMERICA BOXED IN – Ian S. Williams & Casey Williams

The Legend Of The Bum-Barian – Kel Owens

Christmas Card – Kel Owens

Walking With God – Lois M. Banks

A Pilgrimage Into Tibet – Marc Gould

Thankful – Earnest Diaz

SOLDIERS, Six Stories, Six Wars – Tony Villani

Cock Robin – Frances Barth

The Case of the Missing Pink Piggy – Linda Harkey

Nice To Meet You – Noah Kara

The Spiritualization of Jeff Boyd – Uwe Schwarzwalder

I Swear – Richard VanOverbroeck

French Broad – Reid Barwick

A Model Life – Catherine Boruch

American Money – Timothy A McGhee

Out of control – Bellopropello

A New You – James Dubbeldam

Bagliori – Flashes of Light – Mattia Paone

The Sun Never Sets in Happenstance – Joe Territo

Because We Are Too Many – Eve Leonard

I Waited for You – Jennifer Glee

As predicted in prophecies – Shihyun Wang

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers – Vivian Tsang

Eye of the Storm – Brooke Wolff

What is Wrong With This Country – Olaf Lenz

Free Birds – Olaf Lenz

Think Tank – Olaf Lenz

The Rings – Geoffrey Gould

Chasing Truths – Dennis Manning

The Shakespeare Plays – Martin Keady

I/O (Input-Output) Proof of Concept – Molly Vernon

Everland – John Johnson

Mine – John Johnson

Planetary Rebellion – Fabrizio Fuochi

Calamity & Mercy – Daniel W Smith

Cataclysm Down Under – Hero – Akal Demir

Garbage Rex – Steve Hunyi

Asherah’s Colors – Gary Mazeffa

Revisited – Life is Short – TerryLee Whetstone

Ricerca – Don Pasquale Ferone

Meraviglie – Don Pasquale Ferone

Nelle Sue mani – Don Pasquale Ferone

Credo – Don Pasquale Ferone

Power of Intimate Touch – Les Dotson

Soularis – Janja Rakuš

Man in a Can – Henk Pringels

Union – Whitney Hamilton

Is He Cheating? – Bill Morton

Josh’s Employment Agency of Brooklyn/the Hereafter – Nancy Kimmel

Theater 8 – John Martinez

A Melody in the Bronx – Frank Mancuso

The Sicilians – Frank Mancuso

Amen-Amen-Amen: A Story of Our Times – Tom Gallagher

Roses are Blind – Wendy White

The Priory of Sion and the treasure of abbey Sauniere of Rennes the Castle France – Florence Cazebon-Taveau

Running Out Of Time – Jeremy and Christine Stork

Iriso – Mitsuo Kurihara

The Mountain – Ruth Finnegan

The Girl Made of Earth and Water – Pamela PerryGoulardt

Calamity Jane: Queen of Spades – Pamela PerryGoulardt

Q1 – Silvano Perozic

In a Whole New Way – Jonathan Fisher

Lambada The Dance Of Fate – Kai Fischer

Colombano e la 21esima Fetta – Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti

Omnipotent Resolution – Uniqueness Heiress & Azia

The Dead Ringer – Suzanne Lutas

The Arcangel Of Death – Vincenzo Amoruso

Precious the baby dragon – Dr Dawn Menge

Legends of the Land of Quails – Dr Dawn Menge

Mecca – Monte Albers de Leon

Staycation – Russell Emanuel

Seasoning of the Soul – Charli Brown

Croix – The Prequel: Kiss The Ring – Charli Brown

The Little Match-Seller – Danilo Del Tufo

Forevermore – Danilo Del Tufo

Fractures In Time – Lesley Ann Albiston

You Are Here – Dylan Brody

Emergency Musical Response: Part 1 – Journey to Netherworld – Alexander Senicki

The G-FILES – John Johnson

Sequoia Spirits – Cherie Carson

Indie Jax Grind – Royce Freeman

An Ever After Drama – Michelle Lynn

Secrets of Montmartre – Michelle Lynn

The Green Mill – Michelle Lynn

The Good Americans – Robert Tobin

Malibu Madam – Phoebe von Satis

Only in Malibu – Phoebe von Satis

Gold Glory & Nobility – Phoebe von Satis

The Hallmark Couple – Phoebe von Satis

Dancing with Spies @Goddess – Francis Billingsley

The Ballad of Wonderhussy and Other Desert Tales – Michael Mayhan

In Search of A P-I-G – Keith Szarabajka

The Second Coming – Keith Szarabajka

Roll The dice – Federica De Stasio

Out of State-A Gothic Romance – Victoria Bugbee

Urban Eats MTL – Ioannis Koutroubis

NeverWere: a Lycan Love Story – Chris Ross Leong

See me – Anton Svantesson-Helkiö

Dirty Revenge – Gary St. Martin

Wild Blooms – Cassandra Hodges

Fear not, my child – Michaela Kuti

Hollywood Elite Podcast Episode 1 Salute to the 2025 Oscars – Tommy Anderson, Sherry Severs

Brothers of Babylon – Gabriel Womack

Virulence – Christopher Pennington

The Aesthetics of Failure – Lena Mattsson

The Rorschach Test – Lena Mattsson

Not Without Gloves – Lena Mattsson

The Duchess – C. Arnold Curry

The Golden Years – Joseph Starzyk

The Stones of Rome – Sean Gregory Tansey

The Pathos of Hamlet – Sean Gregory Tansey

Pirandello’s Wife – Lynn Elliott

Water – Gary Beeber

Le Cafe De Mes Souvenirs – Valto Baltzar

Mission – John Alden

We are Rivers – Graciela Cassel

Full Circle – Colleen Fuglaar

Michelangelo and Me + Da Vinci and Me – Colleen Fuglaar

Sanctuary – AnayaMusic Kunst

Effata – Anaya Music Kunst

Sheldon Mashugana gets Stooged – Dean Morgan

No Mas – Stephen Kelly

Mikey Blue Eyes – Stephen Kelly

Sonnets (words in despair) – Larry Gene Fortin

Fire Flies – Larry Gene Fortin

Voyage in the desert – Ελπίδα Αμιτσή

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana – Ken Kimmelman

Doctor Hyphoteses – Vicentini Gomez

The Sea of Hope – Walid Salhab

See Me Once More, My Dear Kid – Geyang (Elizabeth) Wang

Calamity & Mercy – Daniel W Smith

Love Is My Gun – Valérie Verseau

Am I a painter?/Czy jestem malarzem? – Michał Kucharski

Monument to Love – Jacob Comforty

Cassandra Venice – Hugo Teugels

Pirandell’s Wife – Lynn Elliott

The Quisling – Lynn Elliott

Alta California – Lynn Elliott

Katabasis – Samantha Casella

Sinestesìa – Gianni Salamone

Searching for Camelot – Roger Paradiso

Mourning Coffee – Denise Mack

Wave Man – Anna Morelli

Change The World – Angelena Bonet

Hope! – Shaun Guzman

Alone – Shaun Guzman

Ballad of the Millennial Dream – Yuliya Levashova

Artists and Aliens – Jaymz Bee

Garden Court Guardians – Yankee Zhou

The Delicacy of Sin

By Roger Woods

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT SCRIPT

In Paris

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL SONG

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE NARRATIVE SHORT FILM, BEST ACTRESS OF THE YEAR, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA, BEST AMERICAN SCREENPLAY

Behind The Algorithm

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT

The Arcangel Of Death

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTOR & BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM

Virulence

By Christopher Pennington

BEST FEATURE SCRIPT 2025 & BEST WRITING STYLE

Michelangelo and Me + Da Vinci and Me opener

By Colleen Fuglaar

BEST ANIMATED FILM & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Bagliori – Flashes of Light

By Mattia Paone

BEST EUROPEAN NARRATIVE SHORT, BEST INDIE CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST SCREENWRITER

Omnipotent Resolution

By Uniqueness Heiress & Azia

BEST DIRECTOR (CATEGORY: MUSIC VIDEO), BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST DANCE FILM & BEST VOICE OF THE YEAR

Darker Realities

By Pamela PerryGoulardt

BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER (Category: Original Feature Script)

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER & BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT

Forevermore

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST MOVIEMAKER, BEST SOUND DESIGN & BEST INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED SHORT FILM

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST ORIGINAL NARRATIVE FEATURE OF THE YEAR, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST CAST, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST SCREENPLAY

Thankful

By Earnest Diaz

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE WRITER & BEST SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT

“Only You Can Save Her,” pilot teleplay of series THE BOY WHO EARNED HIS MAGIC

By Lynn Elliott

BEST ORIGINAL TELEVISION SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER

Colombano e la 21esima Fetta

By Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti

BEST EUROPEAN INDIE FILM & BEST FILMMAKER

AMERICA BOXED IN

By Ian S. Williams & Casey Williams

BEST PRODUCER, BEST EDITING & BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2025

Cassandra Venice

By Hugo Teugels

BEST EUROPEAN INDIE DIRECTOR 2025

Urban Eats MTL

By Ioannis Koutroubis

BEST WEB/TV SERIES OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER

Pulse: Young Authors Project, directed by writing teacher Sheila Rowe

BEST STUDENT POETRY & BEST ACTING

AMERICA BOXED IN

By Ian S. Williams & Casey Williams

BEST ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE & BEST INDIE PRODUCTION COMPANY

Noise

By R. Scott MacLeay

BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR & BEST INTERNATIONAL ESPERIMENTAL FILM 2025

The Priory Of Sion and the treasure of abbey Sauniere of Rennes the Castle France

By Florence Cazebon-Taveau

BEST EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR & BEST HISTORICAL SCRIPT

Thinking

By Valerie Knill

BEST ORIGINAL SHORT FILM & BEST ARTHOUSE EDITING

Something ain’t right

By Susan Downs

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR, BEST ORIGINAL EDITING & BEST CAMERA OPERATOR

Wacko

By Matthew Roch

BEST THRILLER FEATURE FILM, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: Horror)

Poo Pookudhu (From RAIL Movie) – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

By S. J. Jananiy

BEST ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK 2025 & BEST SOUND DESIGNER

Hotel Purgatorio

By Joey Agbayani

BEST ORIGINAL NARRATIVE FEATURE FILM, BEST THRILLER & BEST ANIMATION

Tom and Luce

By Muxel Paule

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE DRAMA

Potato Family

By Lori Hamilton

BEST INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED SHORT FILM

TinMan

By Kevin Tudor

BEST DIRECTOR, BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHER

Get out Breathing

By Nathan Benham

BEST INTERNATIONAL DRAMA & BEST SCREENWRITER

Eyesolation

By Damiano Rossi

BEST EUROPEAN SHORT SHORT FILM & BEST INDIE PRODUCER

TOKYO STRANGE TALE / 僕を呼ぶ声 Boku wo Yobu Koe

By Fumitaka Otoguro

BEST DIRECTOR (Category: NARRATIVE FEATURE) & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Fractures In Time

By Lesley Ann Albiston

BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER 2025, & BEST WRITING STYLE (Category: FEATURE SCRIPT)

Paco

By Cresencio Medina

BEST WRITER, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST INTERNATIONAL TV SERIES

63Geminorum

By Laura Calderini

BEST EUROPEAN SHORT SCRIPT & BEST ORIGINAL STORY

The Legend Of The Bum-Barian

By Kel Owens

BEST DIRECTOR & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER (Category: Narrative Short)

Christmas Card

By Kel Owens

BEST CAST, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: Narrative Short)

Walking With God

By Lois M. Banks

BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURE 2025

A Pilgrimage Into Tibet

By Marc Gould

BEST ARTHOUSE DOCUMENTARY SHORT & BEST CAMERA OPERATOR

Thankful

By Earnest Diaz

BEST WRITER & BEST FEATURE SCRIPT 2025

SOLDIERS, Six Stories, Six Wars

By Tony Villani

BEST FILMMAKER (Category: Indie Documentary)

Cock Robin

By Frances Barth

BEST COMEDY OF THE YEAR & BEST SCREENWRITER CATEGORY (Comedy)

The Case of the Missing Pink Piggy

By Linda Harkey (Story Monsters Press)

BEST INDIE WRITER & BEST INDIE BOOK/MANUSCRIPT

Nice To Meet You

By Noah Kara

BEST ARTHOUSE INDIE FILMMAKER 2025

I Swear

By Richard VanOverbroeck

BEST INDIE MUSIC VIDEO 2025

French Broad

By Reid Barwick

BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST ORIGINAL PILOT TV/TELEVISION SCRIPT 2025

A Model Life

By Catherine Boruch

BEST ARTHOUSE COMEDY, BEST MOVIEMAKER & BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: International Comedy)

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST WRITING STYLE INTERNATIONAL

Out of control

By Bellopropello

BEST DIRECTOR & BEST ORIGINAL STYLE (Category: Animated Short Film)

A New You

By James Dubbeldam

BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT

Bagliori – Flashes of Light

By Mattia Paone

BEST ORIGINAL NARRATIVE SHORT, BEST ORIGINAL MOVIEMAKER & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Category: Short Film)

The Sun Never Sets in Happenstance

By Joe Territo

BEST SCREENWRITER & BEST ARTHOUSE SHORT SCRIPT 2025

Because We Are Too Many

By Eve Leonard

BEST IINDI DRAMA OF THE YEAR

I Waited for you

By Jennifer Glee

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM 2025 & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: Experimental Film)

The Quisling

By Lynn Elliott

BEST FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST AMERICAN WRITER OF THE YEAR

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST HUMAN RIGHTS FEATURE SCRIPT

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST AMERICAN INDIE WRITER

Katabasis

By Samantha Casella

BEST EUROPEAN FILM, BEST MOVIEMAKER & BEST SCRRENPLAY

As predicted in prophecies

By Shihyun Wang

BEST MOVIEMAKER 2025 (Category: Documentary)

The New Immigrant-Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS FILM & BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR

Eye of the Storm

By Brooke Wolff

BEST DIRECTOR, BEST BIOGRAPHICAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2025 & BEST CAMERA OPERATOR

The Rings

By Geoffrey Gould

BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT SCRIPT

Chasing Truths

By Dennis Manning

BEST PICTURE, BEST LGBTQ+ FILM & & BEST SCREENPLAY

The Shakespeare Plays

By Martin Keady

BEST INDIE BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT 2025

Union

By Whitney Hamilton

BEST ORIGINAL NARRATIVE FEATURE, BEST CAST, BEST SCREENPLAY & BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR

The Little Match-Seller

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST ANIMATION

Forevermore

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST EUROPEAN INDIE DIRECTOR, BEST INDIE PRODUCER & BEST INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED SHORT FILM

Everland

By John Johnson

BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY

Mine

By John Johnson

BEST ANIMATED FILM & BEST DIRECTOR

Planetary Rebellion

By Fabrizio Fuochi

BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC VIDEO & BEST EUROPEAN SONG 2025

Calamity & Mercy

By Daniel W Smith

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE OF THE YEAR & BEST CAMERA OPERATOR

Cataclysm Down Under – Hero

By Akal Demir

BEST INDIE PRODUCER & BEST INDIE DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

Garbage Rex

By Steve Hunyi

BEST ORIGINAL SHORT FILM & BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT

Asherah’s Colors

By Gary Mazeffa

BEST CAST, BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SHORT FILM 2025 & BEST AMERICAN DIRECTOR 2025

Revisited – Life is Short

By TerryLee WHETSTONe

BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO 2025 & BEST EDITING

Ricerca

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST HUMAN RIGHTS MUSIC VIDEO

Nelle Sue mani

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST GUITARIST & BEST SOUND DESIGNER (Category: EUROPEAN MUSIC VIDEO)

Power of Intimate Touch

By Les Dotson

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT OF THE YEAR

Soularis

By Janja Rakuš

BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

Man in a Can

By Henk Pringels

BEST INDI ANIMATION 2025

Is He Cheating?

By Bill Morton

BEST LGBTQ+ FILM 2025

Josh’s Employment Agency of Brooklyn/the Hereafter

By Nancy Kimmel

BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR (Category: International Feature Script)

Amen-Amen-Amen: A Story of Our Times

By Tom Gallagher

BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR, BEST EDITING & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Mother, Mother

By Micki Dickoff

BEST FILMMAKER (Category: Short Film)

A Melody in the Bronx

By Frank Mancuso

BEST AMERICAN THRILLER SCRIPT

Roses are Blind

By Wendy White

BEST AMERICAN ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR 2025

The Mountain

By Ruth Finnegan

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT SCRIPT & BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST AMERICAN DIRECTOR & BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDITING

The Girl Made of Earth and Water

By Pamela PerryGoulardt

BEST INTERNATIONAL SUPER SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR

Calamity Jane: Queen of Spades

By Pamela PerryGoulardt

BEST ORIGINAL INDIE SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR (Category: Indie Feature Script)

Q1

By Silvano Perozic

BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL FILM & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ORIGINAL NARRATIVE SHORT, BEST AMERICAN ACTRESS, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY& BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Secrets of Montmartre

By Michelle Lynn

BEST AMERICAN SCREENWRITER (Category: FEATURE SCRIPT)

The Green Mill

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2025

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